Posts Tagged "Composing Amelia"

Monday Musings: FOO Fighting

Posted by on Oct 3, 2011 in books | 2 comments

Big surprise, she thought. Like mother, like daughter. Not only do you share your musical talent, you share your inability to pass up any opportunity to foil any chance of success. ~Composing Amelia, p. 38 Every family has its quirks, its dysfunction, and its unique approach to everything from holidays and vacations to conflict resolution (or avoidance) and division of labor. But when your family of origin (FOO) tips the scale from ‘average amount of strangeness’ towards ‘full-on toxicity’ it can be tricky to shift your thinking to correctly view the family you were raised in and not drag that dysfunction into your own marriage and...

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Thursday Thoughts: Best. Show. Ever.

Posted by on Sep 8, 2011 in faith, life | 0 comments

I wish I could remember why I started listening to Les Miserables. Maybe it was because of the commercials on television for it back in the late 80′s when it made its first tour to Chicago. Seeing as I was only in junior high at the time, that’s the most logical conclusion–I certainly wasn’t reading Time Magazine or the newspaper. Regardless, I picked up a highlights recording from the library that the London cast had done, and I was hooked from the first song. Being a sucker for musical theater helped, but the scope of the orchestration and the depth of the lyrics surpassed any music I’d ever heard, which I’ll admit at 13 was not that...

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So many new things!

Posted by on Sep 1, 2011 in News | 0 comments

Welcome to the new AlisonStrobel.com! Major shout out and props to my husband who busted his butt to make this site awesome–I’d say he succeeded, yes? To celebrate, I thought I’d start blogging again and release a book–that’s right, Composing Amelia hits shelves today! I hope you’ll check out the novel reviewers have called my best book yet, and that has been chosen as the October selection for She Reads’ massive online book club. This is a huge honor, and to promote it I’ll have everything from devotionals to articles floating around She Reads’ various partner ministries. I’ll have more details on this later,...

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